Gang frame for agricultural implements



. G. F. SPROULL.

GANG FRAME FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. APPLICATlON mm nus. ya. 1920.

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N G. F. SPROULL. GANG FRAME FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJB. 1920.

1,414,228. Patented Apr. 25, 1922 2 sums-sum 2.

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awuemtob GeorgeF. Sproull' "TOQaZ-Z whom it may concern GEORGE 1 SPROULLI; or Monsoonar, IAL'A AMA.

GANG FRAME non aenrcfiig'r'nanni nrrinlvrnnrsj i ;Be it, known that I, GEORGE SPRoULL, a "citizen of the United States, resid ing-at Montgomery, inthe *county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invented oer-- tain new and useful Improvements "in Gang 7 Frames for Agricultural Implements, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to provide a frame whenein'a'series or battery of planters, cultivators, or such like agricultural implements, commonly operated singly, may be'co'mbiii'ed andop'erated as interchangeably, and-cultivators and other I Figure 1 is a plan .a single machine and under thepowe'r of a single motor, and itcon'sistsiin thecon struction and arrangement of a' frame in which several of such implements'may be associated .in a: convenient manner andso as to insure uniform operation, allas.will

be hereinafter more clalmed. I 7

Referring to the accompanying"drawings,

fully de'scrib'ed' an d similar reference characters indicate similar parts, V

View of a frameconstructed in accordance'with my said invention showing a series of three seed'planters of the usual onehorse. type connected" there1n and arranged to be operatedas a single apparatus,

Figure 2 a sectional view on the dotted line 22 in Figure 1 showing portlons of the frame in section and one of the seed planters in side elevation, and

' Figure 3 a fragmentary side View showing certain controlling levers,

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the seed planter or other agricultural implement, B the axle of the sup-' porting frame, and C the wheelsthereof.

t will be understood that the seed planters A are shown merely to illustrate the general character of the invention, and the arrangement and operation thereof. In

stead of the particular type of plantershown, various other types may be used,

similar agricultural implements may be associated in theframe 1n the same manner as said seed planters.

The frame proper'consists of two parts or frames 10 and 11, each U-shaped, the adjacent ends of'said two parts being pivotally mounted on axle B. Frame 11 pref erably has clips 12 bolted to its forward 7 Specification of Ijetters Patentp tentedAgir/Zli,1'922, Application filedna ugtis, 1920; seiner ar-a6.

3 ends" which are foffs et from the of the-frame 11 to form are'ccss which .6111? t braces the "endsfof the parts "10:- Said axle B isis'u'pported'jin the hubs-of thegwheels C."

Theend bars of said frame 11 directly abovefthei'r' pivotal connection with the axle B'ar'e provided"with-' upstanding ar ms 13 connected by connecting 'rods' 14- with arn'i's 15' whlclr are rigidly-secured to a bar 16 angle iron bar. "with blocks s ecured at its ends', hav ng Fgudgeon-s l7 onfwhicli' the frame pivots. Anotherib'ar '1'8 is connected series of brace bars 19- "extending across eacl15other'from one bar to" the other. and,

securedto, each as" best shown in Figure 1'; l

Said 'bar"18*is'provided with-a series of perforations 20 at intervalsthruoghout fits length, I in whlch cle'vise's 2-11 are secured-flay curedbys'et-screws 2601i said rod '23. A

tongue ,27 and otherattachingdevices for attaching a team-. of-. horse s or a tractor, 1s

provided. I

. It will be understood, of course, thatwhile I I have shown three machines associated in the battery, illustrated, any numberdesired- 1 may be so associated. By making the "frame shorter," two machines may be used in placev ofthe three, and by extending the length feasible may, of course, be used;

x of the frame any number of machines found connected by a chain or suitable flexible} connection 28 with the rear bar of the frame 11, said chain beingadjusted/t0 such length as appropriatefor allowing the 'proper operation of the implement and. at the same time enable it to be readily elevatd above the ground when desired.

In operation, the several implements arev drawn over thefield to be planted, cultivated, or otherwise tilled by attaching the motive power, such-as a tractor or-teain, to. j, the front of the'framelO and the "several implements operate in the usual manner.

WVhenit' is desired'tol idri've -,the.apparatus 110 from place to place-or to lift the-{implements abovepthe ground for'any pu p e,

the operator, through the mediumzofwlevell,

29, turns bar 1 6 on its pivots, which throws 3 bar 18 upward and through the connection lifts the front ends of the implement frames while the connection through nect-ing rod 14 and arm l3, also lifts the rear frame 11 andthrough the connection 28 elevates the rear end ,of theimplement frames. By this means, hoth ends ofthe implement frames are lifted free of the ground and supported above the ground as may he desired, By releasing lever 29, the frames fall and theflimplements return to operative position on the ground. Bymeans of a handle 30 on rod 23 said" rod may he slid back and forth slightlyby the operator to adjust the implements sidewise when required inthe work.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

parts of the implements are raised a and 7 arm-15, conmeans to simultaneously cause the rear U- shaped" frame to pivot about the axle to raise the rear portions of the implements,- a

the character dei scribed comprising a truck composed of substantially as set forth. 2. An apparatus of a single axle, a front U-shaped f'rja mep'ivoted to the axle and having a" tongue connected thereto, arear Ushaped frame pivoted to the axle and having integral upr-jv standing arms adjacent the pivotpoint, a

bar extending transversely across the for ward end of the front framefa "plurality of implements normally self-supporting and having connection at their forward ends with the said bar, a flexible connection with the rear frame and means to raise the forward ends of the implements and to simultaneously act upon the saidhpstanding arms to pivot the rear frame and raise the rear ends of the implements through the flexible connection, substantially as setforth. In witness whereof, I have hereunto'set my hand and seal at Anniston, 'Alabama,

this 19th day of July, A. I). nineteen hundred and twenty. I a

i G. F. SPROULL; [L. s}

, Witnesses? V i Y I C. W. VSPROULL.

X. M. SPRoUL 

